How soon to up mileage after being sick?

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16 years ago 05/31/2007 12:55pm EDT

I'm smack in the middle of my summer tri season, but came down with a nasty cold virus about 9 days ago. Normally, I run through colds, lowering mileage by ~30% or so until energy is back to normal. But this one knocked me flat on my ass; I was in bed for 3 days straight, going through a Kleenex box a day, with dizziness, full body aches, and chills. I tried for an easy, long-ish run on Saturday, but only made it six miles before my head started spinning again. Wicked frustrating.

I'm still not back to normal, but the dizziness and achiness is basically gone, and I've done some easy swimming and biking in the past couple of days. When do y'all think it's safe to up my mileage to where it was, pre-cold virus? (I'm going to try some tempo running tonight to see how things feel.)

16 years ago 05/31/2007 1:42pm EDT

re: Mstrenigma

take care- you could make things worse and it will take longer to recover and get back to normal. Listen to your body and mind-take a rest and recover fully. Even elites have illness and are forced to rest - although it kills them not to be able to train hard.

It wont last forever- try and enjoy the rest. Look upon it as build up to summer basephase that will produce the goods in Aug/sep when you start racing.

16 years ago 06/01/2007 1:51am EDT

re: athleticsfreak

Yeah, this is what my mom said, too. It's just that I'm crawling up the walls because I'm not doing *anything*, and my energy level is almost back to 100%. And there were serious mood swings after I stopped working out, too; I guess it's a little bit like going through drug withdrawal or something.

And just as an update, the workout tonight felt fine, even easy; 15 min warm-up, 2x5min@tempo, 5x3min@5Kpace, 1x10min@10Kpace, and the only time I felt crappy was when some dude on the track thought it would be cute to pass me after the first lap of the second 5min tempo. He learned his lesson in the last 300 meters, though :-)

In any case, I've got a forced recovery day tomorrow due to crazy schedule, so I'm guessing that everything will be 100% by Saturday. Perfect timing!

16 years ago 06/01/2007 4:36am EDT

re: Mstrenigma

You could risk a life time of Illness by ignoring the effects,(sometimes long term) that viral infections can have on your Health.

A simple Blood test will detect most of the common ones.

As a Runner and a heavy exerciser it is important that you identify the culprit and be aware of the potential effects and return to training at the right time and in the right

volume.

Good Luck for a speedy recovery.

16 years ago 06/02/2007 2:20am EDT

re: snatch

Thanks, Snatch -- the rest day today was just what I needed. I feel great right now, and am going for a short, moderately intense bike ride tomorrow morning (nothing too crazy just yet!).

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